COUNTY CHARGES, &c.

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COUNTY CHARGES AND COLLECTOR.

AN ACT to facilitate the Collection of Taxes levied on the Lands of Non-

residents in Anne Arundel County.— 1826, ch. 109.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Timber,

That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and: may be

cord-wood
or fence-

lawful for the collector or deputy collectors, of the tax for Anne

rails may
be sold to

Arundel county, and they are hereby authorized and empow-

satisfy

ered, to sell and dispose of at public sale, after first giving thirty

taxes.

days notice in one of the Annapolis newspapers, and by adver-

tisements set up at three of the most public places in the neigh-

bourhood adjoining or nearest to the lands on which the taxes

are due, of the time and place of holding said sale, a sufficient

quantity of timber suitable for cord-wood or fence-rails, to satisfy

and pay all taxes that may hereafter be levied on the lands in

Anne Arundel county, belonging to any person or persons not

residing in said county, where there is no personal property on

said lands for the payment of said taxes ; and the said collector,

or his deputy, at the time of making said sale, shall grant a cer-

tificate, under his hand and seal, verified by affidavit, to the

purchaser or purchasers, stating the quantity of timber for cord-

wood or fence-rails, sold by him in virtue of this act, and shall

also make a like return to the levy court of Anne Arundel

county, at their next meeting, to be by them recorded among

their proceedings ; Provided, that where there shall be neither

Proviso.

personal property or timber on said lands, the method already

provided by law shall be pursued in the collection of said

taxes.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons becom-

Purchasers

ing the purchaser of any timber sold by virtue of this act, shall

authorized
to cut down

at any lime within twelve months from the day of sale, have

and carry

full power and authority to enter upon the lands where such

away same.

sale has been made, and cut down and carry away the quantity

of timber purchased by them as aforesaid.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any purchaser shall be

Penalty for

guilty of cutting, taking and carrying away, from off said lands,

taking more
than has

a greater quantity of timber than has been purchased at any

been pur-

sale made as aforesaid, for every such offence he, she or they,

chased.

shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay, for every cord of wood

or hundred fence-rails so cut, taken and carried away, over and

above the quantity purchased at such sale, the sum of ten dol-

lars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace, the one-half

of which said sum shall be paid to the informer, and the other

half to the owner or owners of said land, and shall also be

liable to the owner or owners of said land, in such further sum

as may be awarded to him, her or them, in their action for

damages ; Provided, that where the damages laid by said owner

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